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WYD
Pope Francis marks the beginning of a two-year cycle on the theme of hope that will prepare young people for the Jubilee of 2025

  The Holy Father's Message to the youth for the XXXVIII World Youth Day to be celebrated in particular Churches around the world on the Solemnity of Christ the King, November 26, 2023, is ...

WYD
November 20, 2022, the Solemnity of Christ the King, XXXVII World Youth Day in the Particular Churches will be celebrated. The Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life invites young people to experience it in tune with the World Day of the Poor

Since last year, the World Youth Day in the Particular Churches has been celebrated on the Solemnity of Christ the King, which coincides with the Sunday following the World Day of the Poor.  In ...

WYD
Message for the WYD 2022-2023 that will take place in November and in August

  “Mary arose and went with haste” (Lk 1:39): this is the theme of the Holy Father's Message to young people on the occasion of the XXXVII World Youth Day, which will be celebrated in the ...

WYD Message
“Stand up. I appoint you as a witness of what you have seen” (Acts 26:16) is the theme of the Holy Father’s Message to young people on the occasion of the 36th World Youth Day 2021, which will be held on 21 November in local Churches around the world

  The text, signed by Pope Francis on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, is part of a series of three message that accompany young people on the journey between WYD Panama 2019 and ...

WYD
The message of Pope Francis for the 35th World Youth Day 2020

The message of the Holy Father to young people for the 35th World Youth Day 2020, which will be celebrated on a diocesan level throughout the world, focuses on the theme of: “Young man, I say to you, ...

Pope Francis
The Pope’s Video Message in preparation for the WYD to be held in Panama has been released

“There are many young people, believers and non-believers who, when they have finished studying, show a desire to help others, to do something for those who are suffering.  This is the strength ...

Pope Francis
The invitation to not be afraid, the importance of the name, the grace of God, and the courage in the present: these are the four cardinal points of Pope Francis’ Message for WYD 2018

“Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God” (Lk 1:30) is the theme of Pope Francis’ Message to the young people preparing for the XXXIII World Youth Day 2018, which will be celebrated ...

WYD 2017
Message of His Holyness Pope Francis for the 32nd World Youth Day

Today, 21 March 2017, the Holy Father’s Message to young people has been published. The Message is in preparation for the 32nd World Youth Day in 2017 which will be celebrated at the diocesan level on ...

Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the thirty-first World Youth Day 2016 Dear Young People, We have come to the last stretch of our pilgrimage to Krakow, the place where we will celebrate the ...Read all >
  Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the Thirtieth World Youth Day 2015   Dear Young Friends, We continue our spiritual pilgrimage toward Krakow, where in July 2016 the next ...Read all >
  Message from His Holiness Pope Francis for the 29th World Youth Day (2014)   Dear Young Friends,             How vividly I recall the ...Read all >
Messages by Pope Benedict XVI to Youth
MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI  FOR THE TWENTY-EIGHTH WORLD YOUTH DAY  2013 “Go and make disciples of ...Read all >
Message on the occasion of the 28th World Youth Day
Message on occasion of the 27th World Youth Day
Message on occasion of the 25th World Youth Day
Message on the occasion of the 24th World Youth Day
Homilies and speeches to Youth by Pope Benedict XVI
Address of his Holiness Benedict XVI, Rome, 19 December 2011
Address of his Holiness Benedict XVI to students, Paul VI Hall, 28 November 2011
Address of his Holiness Benedict XVI, Cotonou, 19 November 2011
Address of his Holiness Benedict XVI, Freiburg, 24 september 2011
Address of his Holiness Benedict XVI, 30 October 2010
Address of his Holiness Benedict XVI, 3 October 2010
Address of his Holiness Benedict XVI, Cathedral of Sulmona, 4 July 2010
Greeting of his Holiness Benedict XVI, 11 May 2010
Address of his Holiness Benedict XVI, 2 May 2010
Address of his Holiness Benedict XVI, 18 April 2010
Address of his Holiness Benedict XVI, 25 March 2010